ILLINOIS
Frum Folllies
[with copy of the letter]
Two days ago on August 6, 2014, Rabbi Shmuel Feurst, one of the three dayanim (rabbinical judges) of the Chicago Special Beis Din wrote:
By this letter, I certify that according to Jewish law (al pi halacha)
1. any student currently enrolled in any of the following seminaries, Pninim, Binas Bais Yaakov, Chedvas Bais Yaakov or Keser Chaya, is free to attend any seminary they wish, and
2. any seminary is free to accept any student they wish including students who withdraw from the aforementioned seminaries.
Rabbi Feurst explicitly rejects the ruling (and thus, the authority) of the Israeli Beis Din (IBD) of Rabbis Shafran, Malinowitz and Gartner which forbade students from switching and other seminaries from recruiting or accepting them.
The seminaries named above were under the control of Elimelech Meisels and according to the IBD they were transferred to the control of the IBD and Mr. Yankie (Yaakov) Yarmish. They are embroiled in this controversy because Meisels admitted abusing students, and Chicago’s rabbis are not persuaded that the enablers have been removed or even of the extent of and nature of Meisels removal.
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